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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight
And there's the whole responsible-for-another-human-being thing to consider.
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Yes. Indeed, there is.
My father rode motorcycles for most of his life and I daresay he is very skilled at it. One day he was cruising slowly down a side street and dog jumped out from behind a car. He broke his collarbone and it's given him issues for the rest of his life. If he hadn't been wearing a helmet he would have cracked his head open.
It doesn't have to be a busy street to be dangerous.
As for "well I didn't die", yeah, it's quite possible to not die from not wearing a helmet. It is also quite possible to die. Odds are pretty good that you'll be ok, but not THAT good, and as was said above, you're at the mercy of other people, unpredictable elements that they are.
I have to say - I find it so sad that people can actually wax poetic about being beaten with a belt. As someone who was actually hit until my teen years, threatened with more than that, and witnessed a belt beating on my brother, I cannot understand it. What a sad legacy to pass on to your children.